ANTHRO M166Q
Culture Area of Maghrib (North Africa)
Description: (Same as Arabic M171 and History M108C.) Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Introduction to North Africa, especially Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya, also known as Maghrib or Tamazgha. Topics include changing notions of personal, tribal, ethnic, linguistic and religious identities; colonialism; gender and legal rights, changing representations of Islam, and religions in region's public spaces. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2025 - In the most respectful way possible, this professor is not good. From the disorganized lectures to vague feedback on assignments, it feels like he's power-tripping most of the time. The only good thing about the class was the manageable workload. You'll only like this class if you're interested in the history of the Maghrib region of North Africa. Otherwise, it's not worth it. Not to mention that if you try to seek guidance/help from him on assignments, he will purposefully keep his advice vague because he wants you to 'come up with your own ideas' as if that's not the whole reason why you're trying to get help in the first place. I think this professor could benefit from actually doing his job.
Fall 2025 - In the most respectful way possible, this professor is not good. From the disorganized lectures to vague feedback on assignments, it feels like he's power-tripping most of the time. The only good thing about the class was the manageable workload. You'll only like this class if you're interested in the history of the Maghrib region of North Africa. Otherwise, it's not worth it. Not to mention that if you try to seek guidance/help from him on assignments, he will purposefully keep his advice vague because he wants you to 'come up with your own ideas' as if that's not the whole reason why you're trying to get help in the first place. I think this professor could benefit from actually doing his job.
Most Helpful Review
Professor Slyomovics is very approachable and a good lecturer. She does not use powerpoints, but she writes most of the important points on the board and puts boxes around most of the important key terms. (Emphasis on MOST. Not all.) She does assign a LOT of reading, and combined with the assigned films it ended up being a lot of work... but the workload was nevertheless doable. The class consisted of a midterm, a paper, a final, and attendance. (The syllabus said participation, but you don't really need to participate. Just come to class every day on time and sign in. She does pass around a sign in sheet.) The paper was cake, I believe it was only 5 pages. As far as the midterm and the final go, we were given absolutely no instruction. She does not believe in study guides, so mainly what you have to go off of are the things she wrote on the board. She will also use concepts from the reading and the films. The grader was very harsh, at least on the midterm. There are specific points that we were supposed to hit on the essays which was difficult because the essay questions were so vague. I don't know whether this was per Slyomovics' instructions, or whether the grader happened to be very harsh. I ended up with an A-.
Professor Slyomovics is very approachable and a good lecturer. She does not use powerpoints, but she writes most of the important points on the board and puts boxes around most of the important key terms. (Emphasis on MOST. Not all.) She does assign a LOT of reading, and combined with the assigned films it ended up being a lot of work... but the workload was nevertheless doable. The class consisted of a midterm, a paper, a final, and attendance. (The syllabus said participation, but you don't really need to participate. Just come to class every day on time and sign in. She does pass around a sign in sheet.) The paper was cake, I believe it was only 5 pages. As far as the midterm and the final go, we were given absolutely no instruction. She does not believe in study guides, so mainly what you have to go off of are the things she wrote on the board. She will also use concepts from the reading and the films. The grader was very harsh, at least on the midterm. There are specific points that we were supposed to hit on the essays which was difficult because the essay questions were so vague. I don't know whether this was per Slyomovics' instructions, or whether the grader happened to be very harsh. I ended up with an A-.
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